δαμάζω G1150
to tame, subdue, bring under control (of animals or the tongue)
Damazo means to subdue or tame what is wild and unruly. Mark 5:4 uses it of the Gerasene demoniac whom no one could restrain — not even chains could 'tame' him. James employs the word three times in his discourse on the tongue: every species of beast and bird has been tamed by humankind (Jas 3:7), yet no human being can tame the tongue (Jas 3:8). The contrast between humanity's mastery over nature and helplessness before its own speech makes for one of James's most striking arguments.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To tame, subdue, or bring under control what is wild or unruly. Applied to the demoniac whom no one could restrain (Mark 5:4), and used by James of humanity's ability to tame every animal species yet inability to tame the tongue (Jas 3:7-8). Spanish 'domar,' French 'dompter,' and German 'zaehmen' each carry the sense of mastering something fierce, reinforcing the image of overcoming wildness. 4×
AR["أَنْ يُخْضِعَهُ", "تُرَوَّضُ", "رُوِّضَت", "يُرَوِّضَهُ"]·ben["বশ-করতে", "বশ-করা-হয়", "বশ-করা-হয়েছে"]·DE["zaehmen"]·EN["has-been-tamed", "is-tamed", "to-subdue", "to-tame"]·FR["dompter"]·heb["אֻלַּף", "לְאַלֵּף", "לַכְנִיעַ", "מְאֻלָּף"]·HI["वश-में-कर", "वश-में-की-गई-है", "वश-में-की-जाती-है", "शक्तिशाली"]·ID["dijinakkan", "menjinakkan", "telah-dijinakkan"]·IT["damasai", "damazetai", "dedamastai"]·jav["kajinakaken", "njinak.", "njinakaken", "sampun-kajinakaken"]·KO["길들여졌다", "길들여진다", "길들이기에", "제압할."]·PT["domar", "domar.", "se-doma", "tem-sido-domada"]·RU["укротить", "укрощается", "укрощена"]·ES["domar", "es-domada", "ha-sido-domada"]·SW["anayeweza", "imefuliwa", "inafuliwa", "kumshinda."]·TR["ehlileştirilir", "ehlileştirilmiştir", "ehlileştirmeye", "zaptedmek."]·urd["سدھا", "سدھایا-جاتا-ہے", "سدھایا-گیا-ہے", "قابو-کرنا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δαμάζω Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.: future δαμάσω Refs 1st c.AD+; Epic dialect δαμάσσω Refs 8th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural δαμόωσι Refs: aorist 1 ἐδάμᾰσα Refs 5th c.BC+ (participle δαμάσσαις Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect δεδάμακα Refs 5th c.AD+:—middle, future Epic dialect δαμάσσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ἐδαμάσσατο, δαμάσαντο, δαμασσάμενος, Refs 8th c.BC+; aorist 1 optative δαμάσαιτο Refs: aorist 2 optative…